63, 1861 1c Blue, pair tied on locally addressed cover by black geometric cancels with a red Boston Sep 18 cds alongside, address crossed out and forwarded to an address in NY City, pair of 1861 3c Rose (65, natural straight-edge at right) cancelled but not tied by similar geometric, stamps some blunted/short perfs, envelope opened at right and with tiny piece of backflap missing plus overall pencil doodling on back, Fine and scarce double-rate drop mail with forwarding (Image)

CV. 150

65, 1861 3c Rose, pair and strip of three plus 1861 1c Blue (63) tied on envelope addressed to Goslar (Hannover) Germany by blue Baltimore Md Aug 27 cancels, red N York "12" Brem Pkt Paid Aug 17 credit cds, blue 3-line "America/ Uber Bremen/ Franco" handstamp, ms "Per Steamer Bremen" at top, docketing on back indicates arrival Sept 15, cover minor edge faults at bottom and slightly affecting first stamp in strip of three, otherwise Fine; a scarce combination of the 15c packet rate plus 1c carrier fee. (Image)

CV. 200

68, 1861 10c Green, strip of three plus 3c Rose, 5c Brown (65, 76) cancelled and/or tied by "Wash & NYPR/ A.M. Jul 26" cds on envelope addressed to Switzerland with printed "Consulate General of Switzerland/ Washington DC" cc, ms "per Bremen Steamer" at lower left, blue 3-line "America/ Uber Bremen/ Franco" handstamp, "16" (crossed out) and "32" debit handstamps, , backstamped Frankfurt 10/9, Gr Bad Bahnpost 11 St 65, Zurich 11 Sept 65, Romanshorn 12 IX, Kreuzingen 12 Sept, center 10c pre-affixing stamp perf faults at top, envelope some light edge soiling, Fine and attractive (Image)

CV. 250

69, 1861 12c Black, with 1861 3c Rose, three 10c Green (65, 68) on 1862 envelope addressed to "Francis Hall, Esq/ Yokohama-Japan/ Care of Russell & Co./ Shanghae, China", indistinct cancels with just the 3c tied by the red circular grid with accompanying Hartford Ct Sep 30 cds, 3c also tied by red Boston Br Pkt Oct 1 "40" cds, very light strike of London Oct 13 "Paid" transit cds at right edge, backstamped Boston Br Pakt Paid Oct 1, Hong Kong De 11 62, Very Fine and choice; nice three-color franking paying the 45c rate to Japan via SouthamptonrnNotations on the back indicate this cover was purchased in a Percy Doane sale of Feb 1939. (Image)

CV. 1,000